Karlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy - A Study in the Circulation of Ideas

Zusatztext The book is a very successful invocation of the flux and fluidity of this early debate, a work of careful scholarship and broad learning that represents a lasting contribution to Reformation history. Informationen zum Autor Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Klappentext This book examines the early development of the Reformation debate over the Lord's Supper. Going beyond Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, it demonstrates the importance of late medieval heresy and the key role played by Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt in challenging traditional belief in Christ's corporeal presence in the sacrament. Zusammenfassung This book examines the early development of the Reformation debate over the Lord's Supper. Going beyond Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, it demonstrates the importance of late medieval heresy and the key role played by Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt in challenging traditional belief in Christ's corporeal presence in the sacrament. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1: Prelude to the Eucharistic Conflict: Luther, Karlstadt and the Wittenberg movement 2: From Pastoral Care to Polemic: The Evolution of Early Evangelical Views on the Mass 3: "This is the Body Given for You": The Development of Karlstadt's Eucharistic Theology 4: Ad Dextram Patris: Hussite Influences on the Early Eucharistic Controversy 5: Karlstadt and the Zwinglians: The Eucharistic Controversy in Zurich, Basel and Strasbourg 6: "One Body and Many Heads": The Diffusion of the Sacramentarian Movement Appendix: The Publication of Karlstadt's Eucharistic Pamphlets, 1524-25 Bibliography

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• Authors: Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy (Professor of History Nelson Burnett
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2011
• EAN: 9780199753994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-975399-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology; Oxford Studies in Historical Theology; Oxford Studies in Historical T
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; USA, History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599